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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 F. B. KENDALL.

COMBINED PULVERIZER, SEEDER, AND EAR-ROW.

No. 404,285. Patented May 28, 1889.

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(No Model.)

I. B. KENDALL. COMBINED PULVERIZER, SBEDER, AND EAR-ROW.

Patented May 28, 1889.

Fm: i w ijl l l I I 1-! F a UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS B. -KENDALL, OF MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TOCASPER M. DULL AND MARK M. LUCY, OF SAME PLACE.

- COMBINED PULVERIZER, SEEDER, AND HARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,285, dated May 28,1889. Application filed February I, 1389. Serial No. 298,375. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS B. KENDALL, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Monmouth, in the county of Warren and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedPulverizer, Seeder, and Harrow; and I do declare the following to beafull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incombined seeders and harrows, and it has for its object to simplify andcheapen and render more efficient and durable this class of devices.

The invention consists in the peculiar combinations and in the novelconstruction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fullyhereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then specificallydefined in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, forma part of thisspecification, and in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combinedseeder, clod-crusher, and harrow constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view, with parts brokenaway, of the cylinder detached. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the rotarydisk attachment. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a rearView, and Fig. 6 is alongitudinal section upon the line at x of Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a suitable rectangular frame composed of the transverse barsor sills a, joined together in any well-known Way, and preferablycovered to form a platform, A, although this platform may be sometimesomitted, if desired.

Secured to or formed integral with the longitudinal bars a, upon theunder side thereof, are the brackets or bearings A in which arejournaled the pintles or axles b of the clod-crushers B, each of whichconsists of a drum,l3', and the spuds or projections b, secured insockets or openings in said drum and extending beyond the peripherythereof, as shown.

I3 is the tongue secured to the transverse sills a, as shown.

The end longitudinal bars, a, are extended beyond the forwardlongitudinal sill, and have secured thereto the depending lugs orbrackets c, in the lower end of which is journaled the feed-roller D inany wellknown way. The pintle of. this roller at one end is extended, asshown at c, and on this extended end is secured a grooved pulley, 0around which and a smaller grooved pulley,

(1 on the extended end of the pintle of one of the crushers B passes anendless belt or cord,

01 so that by the revolution of the crusher the feed-roller is revolved.

IVhile I have shown a belt or cord and grooved rollers as the connectionbetween thecrusher and feed-roller, I do not wish to limit myselfthereto, as it is evident that other means might be employedas asprocketchain and wheelswith the same result.

The lugs or brackets 0 form the ends of the seed-box, and to these lugsor brackets are secured the sides 6 of the box, which may be of anysuitable construction or material. These sides extend down to about thecenter of the feed-roller, and between their ends are secured to thecentral partition, 6', the lower end of which is formed with a curvedrecess to conform to the curvature of the feed-roller. Inside the boxand secured to the ends thereof are the plates 6 the lower ends of whichare also provided with curved recesses to receive the feed-roller, likethe central portion.

The feed-roller is provided with a plurality of recesses or pockets, f,four rows being shown in the drawings; but I do not wish to berestricted to that number; In these recesses or pockets I secure thescrews f, and by adj usting them in or out I can regulate the amount offeed of the seed.

The lower ends of the central partition and the end plates of the boxare cut away upon opposite sides to receive the cut-offs g, whichconsist of rectangular bars secured therein by the engagement of thesame with the surrounding walls of the parts, and these bars serve toeven off the seat, they removing all seed in the revolution of theroller, excepting that contained in the pockets f, as will be readilyunderstood.

F F are a series of spring fingers or cleaners secured at one end to therear longitudinal sill of the frame, with their free ends projectingdownward and forward between the IO proj ections or spuds on thecrushers and serving to prevent the same from clogging.

Sleeved on the pintles of the crushers, and

prevented from end displacement in an outward direction by the bearin sA are the I 5 arms G, which extend rearward and have c etachably securedthereto the cross-bars ll, provided with the harrow-teeth h, securedthereto in any well-known manner.

In order to enable me to raise and lower the ac barrow-frame, I providethe following meehanism: Journaled in suitable hearings or boxes, I, onthe rear end of the transverse sill of the frame is the crankshaft 7',having one end extended rearward to form the arm j, the

2 5 end of which is bent at right angles, as shown at 7' while the otherend isbent into a curve, y'", from whence it extends upward and forwardto form the hand-lever J. Secured to one of the bars of the harrow-frameis the 0 substal'ltially U-shaped piece of metal K, the

upright portions of which are provided with a plurality of holes, 7;,and in two of these holes is placed the transversepin or belt I, 011which is hung one end of the link or connecting-bar on, the opposite endof which is formed with an eye, a, designed to detachably receive theportion 7' of the operating-lever. of this connection the harrow-framemay be raised and lowered at will from the drivers 40 seat.

A ratchet-bar, L, is secured to the platform, or to the sills of theframe if a platform is not used, in suitable position to engage theoperating-lever to hold the harrow-frame in its adjusted position, in amanner well understood.

The plurality of holes in the piece K are ,for the purpose of changingthe throw of the lever when occasion requires. The seat M is of theshape shown, and is held to the platform or the longitudinal sills ofthe frame in the following manner: 0 care substanth lly U- shaped piecesof metal, the cross-bars of which are passed loosely through holes inthe seat 5 5 and the ends of the wire secured in the plat form or sills,as shown. By this mechanism without other means.

By means ings I have shown a rotary disk or cutter attachmentdesigned tobe used substantially in place of the barrow-tooth bars. It consists ofthe two bars N, (more may be employed, however, if desired,) each barbeing provided with a plurality of holes extending verticallytherethrough, and in each hole is a shank held at its upper end by meansof a peg, p, and at its lower end provided wit-h a head, 19'. Aroundeach shank between the head thereof and the under side of the bar is aholder, q, between the ends of which is journaled the support for arotary disk or cutter, 'r. This attachment is for the purpose of cuttingup the sod before it is plowed. After it is plowed the barrow-tooth barsare substituted for the cutter attachment, the two being madeinterchangeable for the purpose.

The cutters or the disks of the cutter attachments are preferably,though not of neccssity, arranged as shownthat is, so that the cuttersof one bar will travel in the space between two cutters of the bar, soas to cut the sod into smaller pieces.

'll'inged to the inner bar of the harrowframe at the ends thereof arebars 0, carrying the markers P, each of them so arranged as to swingfrom a horizontal to a vertical position, the free ends of the loversbeing connected by a chain or cord, Q, which is passed through an eye orloop, 8, on the seat, and of such length that when one of the markers ishorizontal. or in a working position the other will be vertical, asshown, and vice versa. 3y this arrangement the markers can bemanipulated from the seat, so that the driver can straddle the mark andwatch the seed that is being sown and see that there are no misses. Ingoing in one direction the marker upon one side is down, and in going inthe opposite direction the other marker is used.

Having thus described my invention ,what I claim as new is Thecombination, with the frame and the harrow-frame, of the operating-leverjournaled on the frame and formed with rearwardly-extendiug arm andright-angled por tion 7' the U-shaped piece on the harrowframe, providedwith a plurality of holes, K, and the links pivotally connected at oneend with said piece and adjustable "ertically, and at the other endformed with an eye, 12, to receive the end of the portion jsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS B. KENDALL.

\Vitnesses:

M. M. LUCY, WM. J. MCUONNELER.

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